Challenges and opportunities in building a sustainable rural primary care workforce in alignment with the affordable care act: The WWAMI program as a case study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1862-1869

  Allen, Suzanne M ^a   Ballweg, Ruth A ^a   Cosgrove, Ellen M ^a   Engle, Kellie A ^a   Robinson, Lawrence R ^a   Rosenblatt, Roger A ^a   Skillman, Susan M ^a   Wenrich, Marjorie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84889091083     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000008     Document Type: Article

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